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What Killed the Woolly Mammoths?

“Mammoths & Mastodons” Exhibit at Field Museum I always learn something new at a great museum like Chicago’s Field Museum, and today’s visit was no different. Going through the new “Mammoths and Mastodon” exhibit, I learned that there are five primary theories about what killed the mammoths and mastodons, the last of which disappeared in...
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New Year’s in Chicago

Dispatches from the Road, Cont. If a true Minnesotan heads north for their winter vacation (see earlier post), what qualifies for runner-up status? Heading to Chicago. With an air temp of about 25 degrees today, my 7 year-old noted (correctly) that “it’s a lot warmer here than Minneapolis.” Kowalski vs. Anderson The other thing you...
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